computer messed up

[steve208]

i seem to have inadvertantly clicked on something and have this yellow exclamation mark warning me that i have a virus but have downloaded avg and have norton nothing detected. something in windows also been corupted as i followed a link to clean regestry as thought this would fix the prob.
my homepage was changed to some anti spyware thing but i think this was fake had it before. also computer kept crashing when ui clicked on internet explorer have managed to get on net using mozilla.

[Dassie]

Try a "restore" on your computer to an earlier time when you knew everything was ok. This will restore the settings from that time and might cure your possible non-existant virus?

[steve208]

how do i do that without using the recovery disk as i dont want to wipe the whole thing

[steve208]

i "think" its ok now both norton and avg found threats and took them out.

[Dassie]

Click on " start" then " search" " all files" and type in the word restore and click on search. It is usually the first in the list that appears as System Restore.

If you click on this it will open a window which allows you to click on a date when the computer last set a restore point.
Click on this date and ask it to restore. It will take a couple of minutes and restart your computer automatically with a note to say it has been restored to that date. If it doesn't work you can easily undo the operation.

[Mac70]

Using System Restore wouldnt have helped. Malware infects your restore points too to ensure you remain infected.

What product was the malware telling you to use?

[steve208]

not sure if should do this but this is the link or page that i am being taken to when i click on the warning balloon

http://antiviruspcsuite.com/data/index.php?5e0 2590e541250506c43400668470e6f5c0b3c54075d05140 35d515c05050b0d1f0456550e06456c010604540004500 1015445540e5c0a034256055600011452535e01

[Mac70]

Luckily Im using Linux. Anyone with Windows, I dont advise clicking on that link.

Steve, I would suggest a proper clean up at this forum.

http://forum.malwareremoval.com/index.php

That's a fairly common infection, but unfortunately the usual tool doesnt have that in it's changelog, and the next tool is not one I would suggest you use without instruction from a pro.

[fiesata]

Don't use Norton and AVG toghether or you will have all sorts of problems - delete one Norton would be my choice.

You have been hijacked you need

Adaware,Spybot search and destroy, & Hijack this- post your results from the latter in a forum which deals with this program or send a copy to me and I'll advise

[email protected]

PS keep using Firefox and ditch Internet Explorer if you don't want this happening again